New lawn obstacles

[GroundKprs]

Tell us how you'd handle this one. The clematis has filled the original trellis, so they added fencing next to trellis to allow more space for vining.

http://www.members.aol.com/groundkprs/images/114a

Now the yard boy's problem is how to handle the trimmimg, LOL.

http://www.members.aol.com/groundkprs/images/114b

Would you: (1) just leave it until they ask why it's not trimmed; (2) go get the hand trimmers and just eat the extra time; (3) give them a bobbygedd: "Lose the fence or lose this yard boy"; or (4) some other way.

[dvmcmrhp52]

Edge the bed out further.

[GroundKprs]

That is the end of the bed. Grass on other side of fence would grow back onto this side if bed was extended.

[GLAN]

^ there's your answer


An alternative would be to reinstall that wire right up against the fence

[GLAN]

Looks like grass along the entire fence on the other side. So what's the problem with making the bed longer to the right?

[EJK2352]

I'd break out the Roundup. If they didn't like that then I'd have to bobbygedd them!!!

[ChadsLawn]

is it wood or vynil fencing?? Ifs it wood. maybe get some electrical staples and attatch it to the fence so its off the ground...

my $.02

Chad

[1MajorTom]

One idea I could see working would be to use a growth regulator on that small area.

[Frank2]

Jim....choice #3 was great. I'm laughing my #$@ off!!

[LAWNGODFATHER]

bobbygedd; you're famous, you are now a landscaping term...

I agree with GLAN push it back to the fence, then you can trim and not have to fit trimmer through it.

[Rustic Goat]

Have you spoken with the owner?
Why not speak with them and simply state the problem, then say 'here are the options .........' which would you like?

[Chief]

Break out the glyphospate and drive on like nothing happened. :rolleyes:

[bob]

Talk to the home owner. I'd suggest to them to them that you'd like to apply a small bead of Roundup at the base of the wire fence. Explain that your trimmer would tear the wire apart.

[mtdman]

Don't wack around it and wait for them to ask. Or if you happen to talk to the owner, ask them what to do. Preferrably, the garden bed would be extended.

:D

[bastalker]

Chads idea was a good one..just get it up off the ground a couple of inches. The vines probably wont care.

[bobbygedd]

tear it down when no one is home, and when they call say, "i dont know what youre talking about."

[bastalker]

Speakin of lawn obstacles, I have 2 clients that decided to get an invisible fence for thier dog:rolleyes: What a pain in the butt. Little white flags all over the place. To top that off, one of them decided to plant a row of abbreviates 2 feet from them:mad:

[GroundKprs]

This was my boof on the piss and moan threads. Most yard boys are so ready to fault the customers, instead of using their heads. Let's look at a simple solution. How can I get it to look like this:

http://members.aol.com/groundkprs/images/114c.jpg

This client has been with me for 19½ seasons now. They'd go with extending the bed, Roundup, growth regulator, or whatever I did. But as I indicated above, extending the bed would require extending the bed on the other side of the fence also, to keep the grass from growing in over long term (have seen KBG rhizomes grow 16" in one mild fall-winter here). Roundup would be unsightly, allow weeds to grow, and is temporary fix. PGR would be a nuisance for such a single small spot. Attachment to vinyl fence would make it too close to fence (needs to be 3-4" away from fence.

How to do it, then? Well, my T-230s are manual feed heads. Just back the line into head, leaving a couple of inches out, and the head easily fits behind the fencing and trims the grass.

http://members.aol.com/groundkprs/images/114d.jpg

And I apologize, bobby. My bobbygedd was too mild for you to do, LOL. And there were two votes for hand trimmers. Are there really two other yard boys who know how to use hand grass shears???

[Rustic Goat]

So you created this thread just so you could sit back and chuckle as others (some anyway) actually tried to assist you in a solution. Then you post your 'I already know what to do' Ha Ha.
This has been a genuine waste of time.
May it come back to haunt you.:)

[tiedeman]

Originally posted by bastalker
Speakin of lawn obstacles, I have 2 clients that decided to get an invisible fence for thier dog:rolleyes: What a pain in the butt. Little white flags all over the place. To top that off, one of them decided to plant a row of abbreviates 2 feet from them:mad:

aww..the flags..the first time that I see those flags they come up out of the yard and placed on the front step. I have never had any customers complain to me that I pull them up.

[work_it]

I agree with Rustic Goat. You may view this as a tutorial but there is those of us who are annoyed by your so called sense of humor. If it wasn't for bobbygedds' reply damn near making me laugh 'til I cried :cry: I would have found this to be a total waiste of time.

[GroundKprs]

Hmmm, did I get the Goat's goat?

Laughing at yourself is one of the hardest things to do, but is also one of the most relaxing things. Ask bobbygedd about that.

[work_it]

If nothing else always approach every situation you can with a sense of humor. Unless of course some angry dad is shooting at you as you're jumping out of his daughters window.:angel: Just hope he's not one of your customers.:D

[Rustic Goat]

Originally posted by GroundKprs
Hmmm, did I get the Goat's goat?

Laughing at yourself is one of the hardest things to do, but is also one of the most relaxing things. Ask bobbygedd about that.

What does laughing at one's self have to do with anything? Unless you're talking about yourself.
YOU are the one laughing AT those who posted replies to your query.
Paraphrasing Johnny Carson's writers, May the bird fly up your nose and rot.:p

[GLAN]

And who says the wire has to be inches away from fence?


Now that is a waste of time and money. The wire was there in the picture. Just move it against the fence. What in the blazzes is everyone saying talk to the customer. You have created a problem when there wasn't one to begin with. Just move the wire! that's the easiest solution. Or make the bed larger. JUST DO IT!

The Wysteria could have just been tied to the fence.

Personaly I don't think the thread was all that bad. What was bad is the solution to shorten the trimmer string. Yeah OK you pock your head in and out of silly places and waste your time.................Ha................Now who is laughing............:D

[bobbygedd]

i dont know why you think im funny, im just being honest. you could be a little nicer to someone who is retarted. now, as for shortening the trimmer line, i dont like it. im not going to change or alter the equipment on every property. that solution was "temporary", for now u need to do it every single time. a permenant solution would be to secure the new fencing to the white fence, and lift it up off the ground 4-5".

[bobbygedd]

or, just do as i suggested, and do away with it all together. then, deny, deny, deny